Bible Strands
Hebrews 10:25
Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The anonymous author of Hebrews writes to Jewish believers under pressure to drift back toward the temple system, issuing a series of exhortations (10:19–25) immediately before a warning about deliberate, post-revelation sin (10:26).
The words — ἐγκαταλείπω (egkataleipō) is the verb of desertion, the same word behind Jesus' cry on the cross (Mark 15:34); it is not "skipping" but abandoning. ἐπισυναγωγή (episynagōgē) compounds ἐπί (upon) with συνάγω (to gather), suggesting an assembling directed toward one another rather than a passive attendance.
The thread — Acts 2:42 describes the early community devoting itself to fellowship and the breaking of bread; 1 Thessalonians 5:11 commands mutual encouragement as an ongoing practice; Matthew 18:20 ties the gathering of two or three to Christ's presence.
Why it lands — The verse treats communal gathering as a discipline that erodes by default ("as some have made a habit") and demands active counter-habit, with urgency calibrated to the approaching Day.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Cross-references
- Acts 2:42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.
- Matthew 18:20 For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”
- Hebrews 3:13 But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
- Hebrews 10:24 And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
- 1 Corinthians 5:4 When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of the Lord Jesus,
- 1 Thessalonians 4:18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.
- Acts 20:7 On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.
- Acts 2:1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
- Romans 13:11 And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.